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Biography

David Miele is the principal investigator of the Motivation, Metacognition, and Learning (MML) Laboratory at Boston College. He investigates students’ beliefs about their ability, learning, and motivation, and examines how these beliefs influence their engagement in academic tasks. At the broadest level, he is interested in what it takes for students to become effective, independent learners.

Though much of his research has examined the motivation of college students, he is also interested in the developmental period of late elementary school (third to fifth grade). In addition, he has conducted research with parents and teachers in order to better understand how their beliefs influence the ways in which they support the learning of elementary school students.

Miele currently serves on the editorial board of three journals: Contemporary Educational Psychology, Educational Psychologist, and Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. In addition, he recently served as program co-chair of Division C, Section 2a (Cognitive and Motivational Processes) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) for two years (2015-2017).

*Shen, C., Miele D. B., Vasilyeva M. (2016). The relation between college students’ academic mindsets and their persistence during math problem solving. Psychology in Russia: State of the Art, 9, 38-56.

*†Rosenzweig, E. Q., & Miele, D. B. (2016). Do you have an opportunity or an obligation to score well? The influence of regulatory focus on academic test performance. Learning and Individual Differences, 45, 114-127.